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  1. GOD BLESS YOU! I'LL KEEP YOU ALL IN MY PRAYERS! STAY STRONG! ESTRELLA
  2. YOU ARE AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE! I WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO THIS BOARD! YOU ARE ALL IN MY PRAYERS! LOVE U ALL ESTRELLA IN CALIFORNIA
  3. Hello everyone I don't post here very often but I do visit the forum on a daily basis. I wanted to tell you all that my brother lost the battle with NSCLC (which had metastasized to the brain almost a year ago) Last august 2005' we were told that he wouldn't live longer than 3 months due to the multiple brain tumors he had... Well *the doctors were wrong*.... he almost lived a year since the brain metastasis finding... He was on Tarceva for almost a year and he never knew that the cancer had metastasized to the brain... He was such a fighter and he truly believed that he would eventually win this battle...I personally feel grateful that GOD gave us all those extra months with him... We were able to enjoy him for all those months and he was able to do so many things he wanted to do...I was holding his hand when he took his last breath... The tumors took his vision, paralized him, and also made him unable to talk but he never lost his hearing, and we were there for him 24/7 giving him all the care, love and support he needed... A week ago he told me that he was ready to see GOD's face and that he was ready to go, so I knew that he was not afraid... Our brother was a devoted christian, a wonderful husband, a loving father, a terrfic brother, uncle, etc and most of all "The best friend you could ever have"... I will miss him so much, (he was only 55 years old, way too young) but I do get comfort knowing taht he is in a much better place, that he is not longer in pain and that I will eventually see him again... He told me that we are just passengers in this journey called earth but that sooner or later we would arrive to our destination... I'm so happy to know that he is already there, with the LORD! I'll keep you all in my prayers and DON'Tt ever give up!!!
  4. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL BE PRAYING EXTRA HARD FOR YOU... AND PLEASE KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, I HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAD BRAIN METS AND ARE DOING WELL NOW, SO PLEASE BE READY TO FIGHT THIS AND DON'T LET THE "NEW FINDING" GET YOU DOWN! OUR BROTHER HAS BRAIN METS (OVER 15) AND HE IS STILL HERE WITH US, (HE IS TAKING DECADRON, DILANTIN AND FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE GIVING HIM TARCEVA, (BECAUSE HE IS DOING WELL WHILE HE'S BEEN ON IT)... WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE PRAYING FOR HIM AND I KNOW THAT GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS!... AND NOW I WILL BE PRAYING SO MUCH FOR YOU TOO! GOD BLESS YOU!
  5. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OF YOU THAT HAS KEPT OUR DEAR BROTHER IN YOUR PRAYERS. I DON'T POST HERE THAT OFTEN BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL, THAT OUR BROTHER IS DOING SURPRINSINGLY WELL, CONSIDERING THAT THE DOCTORS HAVE TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD ONLY 3 MONTHS TO LIVE... AS YOU ALL KNOW HE HAD MULTIPLE BRAIN TUMORS (METS FROM LUNG CANCER)... IT'S BEEN 4 MONTHS ALREADY AND HE IS STILL HERE WITH US, HE IS STILL TAKING DECADRON... AND NOW THEY HAVE ADDED DILANTIN TO CONTROL THE SEIZURES HE WAS HAVING... TODAY, AFTER HIS CHECKUP HIS DOCTOR SAID THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE GIVING HIM TARCEVA, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR HIM... LIVER IS WORKING OKAY... HE CAN WALK AGAIN, HAS MORE ENERGY, BRAIN ACTIVITY SEEMS NORMAL... HE HASN'T HAD ANT PROBLEMS WITH SPEECH, OR MOTOR SKILLS, BALANCE, MEMORY... HE SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER!....EVEN HIS DOCTOR CANNOT BELIEVE HOW WELL HE IS DOING!... IT'S A MIRACLE! GOD DOES ANSWER PRAYERS! PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING FOR HIM!... THIS IS A MIRACLE! PS: ALL OF YOU HERE BATTLING THIS DISEASE ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WELL.... GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
  6. Thank you for all the prayers!!! You are an AMAZING group of people, GOD BLESS YOU ALL! Answering some of the questions. They told us that his primary tumor (on the right lung) has shrank but is still there, and the MRI taken back in March showed 3 new nodules inside the "left lung". The oncologist said that he has multiple brain lesions on both hemispheres of the brain, also back of the head and front (forehead) and they already have given him everything available (chemos) and there hasn't been much difference...He ahs 2 new huge lumps under the arms (axilla area), the doctor is surprised that he is functioning well, because according to the amount of tumors he has, he should have been blind, paralized, and probably dead by now. He has been taking Decadron daily (for over 3 months) and just Tarceva... He is a walking miracle... He is extremmelly swollen, especially from the steroids and his head is Huge (like a pumpkin) but I believe is from the swelling that the tumors are causing... He has a lot of rash (pimple like) on his face, and body but those are side effects from Tarceva... Lately he has been showing signs of neurological problems such as shaking a lot... When he sleeps, one side of his body will tremble a lot (right side) and then stops and again it will continue with the left side... I don't want him to suffer and he doesn't know that many of those symptoms are from the brain tumors, his wife decided not to tell him! PS: The doctors have said that there's nothing else they can do for him at this time... He has tried almost everything! and his cancer is too agressive! Please keep him in your prayers and thank you so much for all the replies!
  7. He was given only weeks to live (over 3 months ago) He is taking Tarceva (he has multiple brain tumors) side efefcts are minimal (just skin rash and diarrhea at times) I believe that Tarceva has kept him stable!!! God Bless!
  8. Hello Everyone:-) I believe the last time I posted here was around the first week of August 2005, when our brother was told that he had a few weeks to 3 months to live. He was diagnosed with NSCLC in September 2004... The primary tumor was huge (right lung) inoperable and was compressing the heart. He was treated with radiation first to shrink the tumor and a combination of Cyplastin and something else (can't recall the name).... Unfortunately the chemo was cancelled due to low blood counts... When he was feeling better they started him on taxotere... He was only able to do 3 treatments (out of 6) and developed pneumonia... He was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks with pneumonia.... and finally was given blood transfusions in order to get rid of it since he was not responding to any of the antibiotics... When he got healthier they started him om Alimta... He was bale to complete the Alimta treatment but unfortunately right after he was finished with the treatment he ended up in the hospital due to neurological problems.... At the time we didn't know if "what he was experiencing" were side effects of ALIMTA or maybe it was something else... I had my own suspicions that the cancer might have spread to the brain. His legs were numb, he was nauseated a lot, started losing his balance, would become disoriented, he was trembling/shaking and eventually starting having seizures, also a lot of pressure and pain on the forehead and right eye was painful to the touch... also he had blurry vision from that eye! At the ER they confirmed that the ct scan showed lesions to the brain. He tehn was admitted to the hospital and the next morning an MRI wa done to the head... The doctor called us that evenning in his office and told us that our brother had multiple braim tumors and that there was nothing they could do at this time and that he had less than 3 months to live. We were devastated... In total shock! (This happend on August 1st 2005) He doesn't know he has those brain tumors, his doctor gave him radiation to the brain also started him on Decadron for the brain edemas, and decided to give him a chemo on a pill form called TARCEVA... Up to this date our brother is still alive, still walking, still functioning, his brain activity is normal, he is still takinfg decadron daily and he is on he is bout to complete his second month of tarceva... Everyday is a gift.... He has a lot of sypmtoms now such as muscle pain, his walking has slowed down quite a bit, he has shaking periods, he feels llots of pressure on his forehead and right eye..,, But he still alive,it's been over 3 months and I still BELIEVE with all my heart that GOD can change all of this in the blink of an eye.... PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS!!!! EVERYDAY IS A GIFT AND I WANT HIM TO ENJOY MANY MORE DAYS WITH ALL OF US THAT LOVE HIM!!! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
  9. HELLO EVERYONE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE RESPONSES AND PRAYERS!!! OUR BROTHER IS FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER... THEY HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE HIM 12 RADIATION TREATMENTS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PAIN CAUSED BY THE TUMORS... HE HASN'T HAD ANY SEIZURES SINCE HE GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL...AND THE PAIN BEHIND THE RIGHT EYE HAS DIMINISHED QUITE A BIT! HE IS ALSO RECEIVING DECADRON FOR THE EDEMAS INSIDE THE BRAIN CAUSED BY THE TUMORS AND IT SEEMS TO BE DOING ITS JOB! HE ACTUALLY LOOKS GOOD AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO WALK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A WALKER.... I KEEP ASKING THE LORD FOR A MIRACLE... AS YOU ALL KNOW HIS LUNG CANCER WAS ALREADY ON STAGE IV (PRIMARY TUMOR OF THE RIGHT LUNG/INOPERABLE)WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED AND HE HASN'T RESPOND TO ANY TREATMENT... HE HAS NEW NODULES ON THE LEFT LUNG AND METASTASIS TO THE BRAIN...SO WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY CAN DO RIGHT NOW... WE ARE JUST HOPING FOR A MIRACLE FROM OUR GOD!!! THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS AND I TRULY BELIVE THAT GOD CAN CURE EVERY CANCEROUS CELL IF IS THAT HIS WILL!!! PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYING FOR HIM AS I WILL CONTINUE PRAYING FOR YOU ALL!!! GOD BLESS! STAR
  10. I hope some of you remember me, since I haven't had the time to post lately... Our brother has NSCLC diagoned last August. He reeceived Radiation- Cyplastin- Taxotere- and this last chemo was Alimta!!! Lastnight I found out that Alex has multiple tumors in his brain... Too many to count!!! He's been given anywhere from one week to 3 months at the most to live. My eyes are swollen from so much crying... I feel shaky, restless, so confused and the pain is so much more intense than I have ever imagined!... than I have ever anticipated! All along I knew that his cancer didn't have a good prognosis cause it was found too late, the tumor on his lung was already the size of a lemon and on stage IV when they found it, but I kept thinking that the radiation and the chemo would somehow decrease the size of it... and would become operable... Since his diagnosis, I have been searching in the internet for the best treatments for him, I have also been praying and asking the LORD to heal him... Lastnight Dr. Sapras came to see him (I was in the room with him).... I kept looking at the doctor's face while he was examining Alex... (he had this look of compassion on his face, like he wanted to say a lot but couldn't)... Alex arms were shaking from the seizures, his entire face has a tremor, his legs make this unvoluntary movement and is so obvious to me... that the final days are arriving quick... How can this monster *CANCER* can progress so quickly?... How can this horrible disease take over his entire body at this speed?... I saw him preach at our church JUST a week ago and now he is lying down in a hospital bed, losing little by little every body function! The doctor left the room after throughly examining Alex.... Soon after there was a ring... I went to answer the phone and it was the doctor... He wanted to see the family in his office... He had the MRI's results.... Isabel (Alex wife) and I went in there... Dr. Sapras said that he had the worst news ever... He said that Alex MRI showed multiple tumors on his brain, too many to count... that there was absolutely NOTHING they could do now... I was shaking... I somehow always knew that these new syptoms he had been experiencing were the result of a possible brain tumor... but NOTHING COMPARES to that the CRUEL REALITY, especially when it has been confirmed by his doctor. Isabel and I broke down... The doctor kept saying how very sorry he was! My brother in law is one of the "best human being" I have ever met, he has been "instrumental" in my life... He is my husband's best friend, my kids favorite uncle.... Alex is a man of GOD... He has been a devoted christian most of his entire life... He has taught me so much about humanity, love and faith... He is without a doubt one of the kindest man I have had the pleasure to know and I just cannot bear the thought that this cancer will take his life.., The doctor said that they were going to start giving him shots to relieve the pressure from the brain, and also shots for the pain and seizures... He can lose any range of things at any given time now... And he already has.... His mobility is deteriorating every passing hour and the uncontrollable trembling of his extremeties are not being controlled efficiently with the shots given...motor skills, sight, hearing, memory, will be going slowly ever passing day.... He has no way of telling what will go first... I am so extremelly SAD... I'm so extremelly DEVASTATED.... I stayed lastnight till close to 11:00 pm in his room at the hospital, my husband was there too... I hadn't had any sleep since last saturday... So after massaging his aching body, I left the place only to drive for almost an hour in total desbelief and despair... When I came home my son was waiting for me, he came to lie down with me, gave me water, held my hand, hugged me while I was praying aloud to GOD for Alex... I opened the bible page ramdonly and pointed at a scripture... He read it for me... held me while I was crying... and I passed out from exhaustion!!! Today is another day... Another prayer... I will be cooking something that Alex enjoys... and bring it to him later... I'm glad that his diet is not restricted.... Alex doesn't know the latests results... and his wife decided not to tell him... What for?.... We have decided to enjoy every minute with him... Wait for the LORD to do his will, share time with him as much as we can.... He doesn't need to know... His spiritual life and faith is something that he always has on the right track... telling him now will only make his last days even more unbearable... so we are just living day by day and cherish him as much as we possible can before he is too sick to even recognize us! I STILL BELIEVE MORE THAN EVER THAT "HE IS IN GOD'S HANDS" AND IF GOD'S WILL IS TO HEAL EVERY BAD CANCER CELL, HE DEFINITELY WILL!!!.... GOD IS THE SAME GOD THAT RAISE THE DEATH, CURE THE SICK AND GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US....AND THAT GOD... IS THE ONE WE BELIEVE IN... MY SAVIOUR IS THE SAME ONE THAT WALKED ON THIS EARTH MANY-MANY YEARS AGO... HE IS STILL WITH US NOW... AND HE WILL BE FOR ETERNITY!!! WE NEED LOTS OF PRAYERS!!! THANK YOU
  11. God Bless You all! InCalifornia >(VALERIE)
  12. Some info on my email I have everything necessary *Thank God* to proceed with City of Hope here in Cal. We will be taking my brother there assoon as we're done with all teh paperwork! THANK GOD FOR THE INTERNET!
  13. DEAR PEOPLE FROM THIS BOARD, IN MY PREVIOUS POSTS I HAVE STATED THE CONDITION OF MY BROTHER...AFTER ALL OF YOUR ADVICE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE HIM TO A DIFFERENT CANCER CENTER AND SEEK OTHER OPINIONS, I CANNOT BEAR LOSING HIM TO THIS DISEASE...HE WAS DIAGNOSED LAST AUGUST AND THEY ARE ALREADY SAYING THAT AFTER ALMITA NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE...THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY MRI'S OR CT SCANS FOR A WHILE NOW...THESE PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO GIVE HIM TEH BEST TREATMENT..EVEN IF WE HAVE TO PAY CASH, WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE HIM SOMEWHERE ELSE... HE IS BEING TREATED IN A CANCER CENTER IN FOUNTAIN VALLEY...NOT THE BEST TREATMENT! FOR THE ONES THAT LIVE IN CALIFORNIA... WHERE IS THE BEST LUNG CANCER CENTER WHERE WE CAN TAKE HIM? HOW DO WE GO FROM HERE? CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS? I'M LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS, CANNOT EAT, I'M STRESSED OUT TO THE MAX... BUT I WON'T STOP FIGHTING FOR HIM! THERE IS A GOD THAT I BELIEVE IN AND I KNOW HE WILL OPEN DOORS FOR US! THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME...YOU CAN EMAIL ME PRIVATELY IF YOU WANT! YTMO2002@YAHOO.COM GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
  14. I WILL START MAKING PHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF ANOTHER DOCTOR CAN SEE HIM! I'M PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU NICE PEOPLE! GOD BLESS YOU ALL<3
  15. You are in my prayers now and always!...I hope you continue cancer free for teh rest of your life God Bless you:-)
  16. Hi Everyone Please someone HELP ME! I'm so sad... We too our brother to the doctor yesterday... He hasn't been felling well... Last tuesday he received his second treatment of ALIMTA... His hair has grown back and he seems to be tolerating this chemo better than taxotere. Lately he has been very drowsy,he loses his balance a lot and cannot longer walk without feeling dizzy, whenever he loses his balance he also loses his hearing, it's very weird and this is happening more and more often... Yesterday we took him to the doctor because he has this horrible pain that comes and goes... He feels like someone is stabbing him with a sharp knife (right on the intercostal space) right side... I can see an elongated tumor growing in there and it seems to be part of the primary tumor he originally had on his right lung...I'm not sure if his doctor already has giving up on him but he doesn't seem to be doing much for him or ordering more tests, etc... The nurse came out yesterday to the waiting room and advice me to start looking into a clinical trial for him because she said that after ALIMTA they won't have anything to offer him... At least nothing approved by the FDA... I'm so devastated, he is paying for COBRA, because he lost his job and we don't have the money to take him to see anoother doctor for a second opinion... I'm so sad and feel so helpless! Please keep in your prayers... The nurse said that his cancer is very bad and very aggresive... and I have my suspicions that all this dizziness he is feeling now is not at all side effect of the ALIMTA but maybe a brain tumor? I'm NUMB and don't have any more tears left! He has no idea and I don't think he wants to know anything!:-( GOD BLESS! *************************************** BROTHER DIAGNOSED WITH NSCLC ON 8/2004...PRIMARY TUMOR ON THE LOWER RIGHT PART OF RIGHT LUNG... NON OPERABLE...TUMOR ATTACHED TO TRACHEA, COMPRESSING THE HEART, AND PULMONARY ARTERY. RADIATION 12/2004 A CHEMO COMBO (don't remember the name) 3 treatments out of 6 VERY SICK WITH LOW BLOOD COUNT...TAKEN OUT OF CHEMO. Started a new chemo TAXOTERE 1/25/2005 (3 treatments out of 6) DEVELOPED PNEUMONIA (BAD CASE) BLOOD TRANSFUSION, IN THE HOSPITAL, PLEURAL EFFUSION. TAKEN OUT OF CHEMO...AND WITHOUT ANY TREATMENT FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. CT SCANS SHOW 3 NEW NODULES ON TEH LEFT LUNG NOW 3/005 STARTED HIM ON ALIMTA AT THE END OF MAY, HE HAS RECEIVED 2 TREATMENTS OUT OF 6... THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING ELSE AFTER ALIMTA AND NEED TO LOOK FOR CLINICAL TRIAL!
  17. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WELL! I'LL UPDATE REGARDING OUR BROTHER ONCE HE SEES HIS DOCTOR NEXT WEEK, SO FAR ALIMTA IS NOT AS STRONG AS TAXOTERE WAS.... AND HE IS ABLE TO HANDLE THIS TREATMENT MUCH BETTER! I'M JUST PRAYING THAT THIS "ALIMTA" WILL WORK FOR HIM!!!
  18. Hi Everyone Our brother was diagnosed on August 2004' with non-small cell lung cancer (inoperable) stage IV, on his right lung... Tumor was too close to the heart and attached to the trachea. He was given radiation along with a combination of cisplatin plus vinorelbine... He was very sick on this chemo, and they had to take him out of it (because he lost a few treatments due to his blood count being so low all the time)... He was unable to eat because his throat was burned from the radiation given, he lost a lot of weight while he was getting radiation and this chemo... The doctors decided to take a break and left him without treatment for about 6 weeks... After this time, they started him on taxotere... (He only received 3 treatments out of six) and ended up in the hospital with pneumonia, he almost died. When he got out of the hospital he couldn't breathe and he had to go back for the removal of fluid on his right lung... At this time the scans showed a significant shrinkage of teh primary tumor but unfortunately 3 new nodules were visible now on the left lung. After 2 months have passed they have started him on something called ALIMTA... He is responding well to this chemo, but lately he has been feeling very dizzy, he also has alot pain on his right hip and we have just noticed that he has a sore (looks like a small bed sore) right on the right hip... I was looking back at some of the scans from October lastyear and I just noticed that one of them says this: "Non specific focus of increaed tracer accumulation see only on the anterior view of the region of the right hip,etiology and significance of which is to be determined". This have never been evaluated and NOW he is experiencing a lot of pain on the right hip, I noticed that he seems to lose the balance sometimes when he walks... He also feels a lot of tingling and numbness on both feet, even when he was taken off of the taxotere chemo... He still felt severe numbness and tingling of both feet on those 2 months and continues getting worse... Do you all think that the cancer has spread to the hip now? He has this sore (right on the hip) and it looks infected... He seems so down at times and it looks to me like he is giving up and doesn't want to do anything or ask any questions to the doctors. We as his family don't know what to do... He also gets very irritated about everything... Can this sore be a side effect of the ALIMTA? PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS!!!
  19. far he is feeling ok! A little dizzy, and experiencing pain in his feet! Bother Diagnosed August 2004' Stage IV NSCLC primary tumor in right lung. 10/2004 Radiation(completed) and Cisplatin (Not completed) 1/2005 Taxotere (3 treatments out of 6-discontinue treatment - developed pneumonia)*Significant tumor reduction* after taxotere. 2/2005pleural effusion 3/2005 Ct scan shows 3 new nodules on left lung. Primary tumor stable. New visible tumor on right upper side of chest, below clavicle. 4/2005 taking steroids 5/31/2005 started on Alimta
  20. My prayers are with you!! God Bless:-)
  21. Hello everybody:-) I hope you all are doing well I haven't posted for a while because I didn't have any news regarding the treatment our brother was supposed to receive... They had told him that ("maybe") a new pill ("chemo") was going to be the new treatment.. but it turns out that he will be receiving almita every 21 days...Today it was his first treatment! Does anyone here knows anything about this treatmnet? Any info will be highly appreciated, side effects etc. GOD BLESS you all!
  22. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE PRAYING FOR MY BROTHER, I HAVE FOUND SO MUCH COMFORT THRU YOUR WORDS, I WILL FINDOUT MORE ON MONDAY AND WILL POST AGAIN. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL OF YOU SURVIVING THIS CANCER AND ALSO FOR YOUR LOVED ONES GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
  23. I THINK IT'S THE PILL CALLED TARCEVA... I HOPE THIS WORKS, I TRULY DO! I'LL UPDATE WHEN I FIND OUT MORE FROM HIM THANKS
  24. Hello again I hope you remember me, anyway it's been a few weeks since I posted on this board (I'm new here). My brother was diagonosed with NSCLC *right lung* on August 2004'-inoperable due to location (too close to the heart and trachea- size of a small lemon) He received radiation, later on chemo treatment (comb of 2 medications)this treatment was stopped due to his blood count being extremelly low. When he got better they started him on taxotere (he received only 3 treatments out of 6), he got very sick on this chemo and was hospitalized with pneumonia, new ct scans show a significant redcution on the primary tumor, but unfortunately he has 3 nodules now on the left lung. It's been 7 weeks since he got out of the hospital after fighting pneumonia, about 2 weeks ago fluid was taken out from the right lung 300cc's and he felt much better, his blood count was going up as well... He still has a lot of pain and numbness of the feet due to the chemo, he also has a noticeable growth tumor like, visible to the eye right below the clavicle, almost like between the intercostal space, it feels hard and elongated, and it's painful...This doesn't feel at all like a lymph node, it's much bigger and it's very hard...The doctors are not saying much and unfortunately we don't ahve the money to take him for a second opinion. It's just taking so long (I think) for them to give him treatment, it's been almost 2 months since he got out of the hospital and he hasn't had any chemo...3 new nodules and a visible tumor like growth now...They gave him some type of sterioid to give him energy (he has to take this for 2 weeks) and they said that they were going to treat him with pills starting the 23rd of May...Does anyone knows what pills are those?...I didn't know they ahve chemo in a pill form?...I think teh doctors are not saying much probably because the prognosis is not that good! Please keep him in your prayers! Thank you
  25. My brother was on taxotere. He lost all of his hair after the first treatment... No nausea or vomiting... He received only 3 treatments out of 6... each treatment every 3 weeks... Very fatigue by 3rd day after treatment, joint/muscle pain of feet and hands, dehydrated, low blood count, sore throats, nails of *hands and feet* turned greyish in color and very thin, numbness of the feet and with 3rd treatment severe pneumonia. He was taken off after the 3 treatment ... there was a significant shrinkage of the primary tumor! It wasn't bad according to him except that his counts were so low all the time and he got infections very easily, last one pneumonia!
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